Village Courts, an initiative adopted by the Bangladesh government with support from UNDP and funding from the EU, have reduced the time, expenses and hassle that plaintiffs often associate with the conventional courts system.

Social exclusion has been recognized by the Government of Montenegro as one of major societal challenges, and its eradication has been made one of key priorities. With an aim to facilitate access of vulnerable, socially excluded groups to comprehensive, inclusive and sustainable family and community based services, the UNDP partnered with UNICEF, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare and Ministry of Education and Sports for the project “Social Welfare and Child Care Reform – Enhancing Social Inclusion“, financed by the EU.

The main objective of the Seychelles Governance Capacity Building Programme which is funded by the European Union (EU), is to support the efforts of State and Non State Actors to continue improving and strengthening governance capacity in Seychelles with an emphasis on the area of human rights by empowering State and Non State Actors through capacity building and training.

Until recently, the inhabitants of Pavlovka, a small town in Ukraine, had access to piped water for only three hours a day and sometimes not at all. Every day, the people of this community in Crimea had to carry buckets to a canal to retrieve water, just as the previous generations of the town did. However, in 2008, UNDP’s Crimea Integration and Development Program became a key mover for change for the little town.